在贫困的食环境中,人类更倾向于社交
Todd A Vogel1,2,3, Luke Priestley4, Jo Cutler5,6,7
1Centre for Human Brain Health, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. t.vogel@bham.ac.uk.
Nature communications
|February 9, 2026
概括
环境因素显著影响亲社会行为. 在低回报的环境中,人们更有可能帮助他人,这表明机会的背景塑造了利他主义决策.
科学领域:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 行为经济学是一种行为经济学.
- 环境心理学 环境心理学
背景情况:
- 亲社会行为对社会福祉和解决全球问题至关重要.
- 传统的衡量方法往往使用简化的经济游戏,而不是反映现实世界的复杂性.
- 日常的决策涉及到驾具有不同奖励的竞争机会.
研究的目的:
- 研究环境环境如何影响社会决策.
- 检查机会成本在不同环境中的亲社会行为中的作用.
- 了解推动帮助他人决策的因素.
主要方法:
- 三个独立的研究,共有510名参与者.
- 参与者在观看电影时遇到机会使自己或他人受益.
- 分析了不同奖励值的"贫穷"和"丰富"食环境中的决策.
主要成果:
- 环境质量显著影响亲社会行为.
- 参与者更愿意在低回报 ("贫穷") 的环境中帮助他人.
- 计算建模表明了对他人机会成本的不同估值,受功利主义和同理心的影响.
结论:
- 参与亲社会行为的决定取决于背景,受到环境机会质量的影响.
- 环境变化对个人采取亲社会行为的可能性产生重大影响.
- 了解环境影响是促进社会主义在不断变化的世界中的关键.
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